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commanding collapse: used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

ridge collapse: a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters; any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane; a long narrow natural elevation or striation; a long narrow range of hills; a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean; any long raised strip; form into a ridge; spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"; throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"; plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip; extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"

skipper collapse: a student who fails to attend classes; work as the skipper on a vessel

nod collapse: the act of nodding the head; a sign of assent or salutation or command; be almost asleep; "The old man sat nodding by the fireplace"; let the head fall forward through drowsiness; "The old man was nodding in his chair"; lower and raise the head, as to indicate assent or agreement or confirmation; "The teacher nodded when the student gave the right answer"; express or signify by nodding; "He nodded his approval"; sway gently back and forth, as is in a nodding motion; "the flowers were nodding in the breeze"

controlling collapse: able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

greet collapse: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"; send greetings to; express greetings upon meeting someone; be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

scrape collapse: a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"; a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"; scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"; gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"; make by scraping; "They scraped a letter into the stone"; bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

bass collapse: nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes; the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments; the lowest part of the musical range; the lowest adult male singing voice; the lowest part in polyphonic music; an adult male singer with the lowest voice; having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

revenuer collapse: a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)

fingerboard collapse: a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

chine collapse: backbone of an animal; cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone; cut through the backbone of an animal

banner collapse: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising; unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"

bend collapse: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.); diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left; a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range; a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"; change direction; "The road bends"; form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

go ahead collapse: proceed (with a plan of action); "He went ahead with the project"

managerial collapse: of or relating to the function or responsibility or activity of management

aptness collapse: appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness"; a disposition to behave in a certain way; "the aptness of iron to rust"; "the propensity of disease to spread"

directing collapse: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"

head over heels collapse: in disorderly haste; "we ran head over heels toward the shelter"

madly collapse: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"; in a desperate manner; "she fought back madly"

fountainhead collapse: the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream"

independently collapse: on your own; without outside help; "the children worked on the project independently"; apart from others; "the clothes were hung severally"

fawn collapse: young deer; have fawns; "deer fawn"; try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"; show submission or fear

crawl collapse: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"; a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"; a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick; move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"; swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"; be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"; feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

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